front yard

noun

plural front yards

: an area in front of a house

We planted some bushes in the front yard.

Soon, our front yard was a safe haven for our scampering four-year-old, our porch a rustic idyll, our lawn a green and pleasant sward fit for Bambi to gambol on. Paradise.—

Michael Walsh

Examples of front yard in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Halle giggled as her mother chased her around the front yard, her little feet splashing in a small mud hole. —

Shoshana Walter, USA TODAY, 9 Sep. 2024 Problem is, fatal car accidents happen with some frequency — and quite graphically — in Josh’s front yard, breaking apart his thin veneer of a life. —

Carole Horst, Variety, 6 Sep. 2024 The house is one of only a few on the block, located between International and Foothill boulevards without a fence bordering the front yard. —

Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 4 Sep. 2024 The back of his shirt was stained with blood from carrying one of his sons to the front yard, prosecutors said. —

Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 5 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for front yard

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